Isaiah 42:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁴ ‘I have kept silent from ages past; I have been quiet and restrained myself. But now, I will groan like a woman in labour, gasping breathlessly.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ [Thus says the Lord] I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ I’ve kept still for a very long time. I’ve been silent and restrained myself. Like a woman in labor I will moan; I will pant, I will gasp.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ I have always been quiet; I have been silent; I have been patient. I will speak like a woman giving birth. I will destroy and consume, all at once.

Isaiah 42:14 Cross References

Job 32:18

For I am full of words, and my spirit  compels me to speak.

Job 32:20

I must speak so that I can find relief; I must open my lips and respond.

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.

Isaiah 57:11

Who was it you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and didn’t remember me or take it to heart? I have kept silent for a long time, haven’t I?  , So you do not fear me.

Isaiah 64:12

Lord, after all this, will you restrain yourself? Will you keep silent and afflict us severely?

Isaiah 65:6

Look, it is written in front of me: I will not keep silent,  but I will repay; I will repay them fully

Jeremiah 15:6

You have left me.’ This is the  Lord’s declaration. ‘You have turned your back, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you. I am tired  of showing compassion.

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear a cry like a woman in labour, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child. The cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands: ‘Woe is me, for my life is weary because of the murderers! ’

Jeremiah 44:22

The Lord can no longer bear your evil deeds and the detestable acts you have committed,  so your land has become a waste, a desolation, and an example for cursing, without inhabitant, as you see today.

Luke 18:7

Will not God grant justice   to his elect   who cry out to him day and night?   Will he delay   helping them?

2 Peter 3:15

Also, regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our dear brother Paul has written to you according to the wisdom given to him.